Zot! by Scott McCloud: The Complete Black and White Collection
Aug 29th, 2008 by Ashok
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Yet another great B&W graphic novel collection, this one by a great graphic novelist. Like any loyal comic fan, I read about the underground or small-press origins of many comic artists and writers–sometimes even self-published as stapled pamphlets–and longed to get my hands on those early efforts. Like Adrian Tomine’s Optic Nerve mini-comics. Or the early Love and Rockets comics of the Hernandez brothers.
In the past few years, thanks to the surging sales of bound comic collections, or what everyone prefers to call ‘graphic novels’ these days, there’s been a treasure trove of such releases. I had such pleasure holding the massive hardcover edition of Locas, 700 coffee-table-book sized glossy pages featuring the complete Love & Rockets comics. And now here’s another treasure. Zot! by Scott McCloud. I’m definitely getting this one! Take a look inside and see for yourself. This is a slice of comics history. And notice how the non-superhero parts are actually the most involving and evocative. They’re my favourite parts.
